Sick day issue off the November ballot

COLUMBUS — In a surprise move, backers of a state law requiring employers to provide paid sick time off to workers agreed to remove the issue from the November ballot.

Proponents, buoyed by a potential federal sick day leave law supported by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, told reporters Thursday they wanted to void “a shrill and vitriolic ballot campaign marred by misinformation and disinformation.”

“There’s no question that we were about to get into a very divisive and unproductive debate and, for lack of a better word, struggle, with folks that support the coalition and the business community,” said Becky Williams, president of the Service Employees International Union district that covers Ohio.

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